Tiger Iron Gemstone & Information | Gemopedia by JTV
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Tiger iron is a rock that is made up of tiger's eye quartz, black hematite and red jasper. These minerals create contrasting bands of color for a truly unique look popularly used for many sorts of ornamentation and decoration.

Colors

Golden To Red Brown

Tiger-iron classification

CommonName

Tiger Iron

Species

NA

Variety

Tiger Iron

Colors

Golden To Red Brown

AlternateNames

Tigeriron

GemstoneGroups

KeySeparations

Color, appearance, structure

ClassificationComments

Stones have bands of black hematite, tiger's-eye and red jasper. Depending on where the rock is tested it can show a quartz RI 1.544 to 1.553 or a OTL RI of hematite.